Butterflies & the Butterfly Farm at Sacha
Walking into the “flying room” at the Sacha Lodge butterfly farm is like walking into a different world, of peace and tranquility, amid the cacophonous chorus of the surrounding jungle…
Read MoreWalking into the “flying room” at the Sacha Lodge butterfly farm is like walking into a different world, of peace and tranquility, amid the cacophonous chorus of the surrounding jungle…
Read MoreAfter some months of data analyses, we are back in the field, ready to study the pygmy marmosets in the Sacha Lodge Reserve. In our first week of field work, we have bad news, good news and lots to think about.
Read MoreThe idea of “survival of the fittest” has ties to Darwin’s famous visit to the Galapagos Islands, so it seems natural that indigenous communities in mainland Ecuador…
Read MoreNavigating the rainforest is a tricky task when you consider that for over half of the year many of the main trails are completely flooded. Even when the floodwaters recede during the dry season…
Read MoreKnowing the weather of your vacation destination can make all the difference, and fortunately the weather in Ecuador’s Amazon jungle, where Sacha Lodge is located, is very consistent and predictable…
Read MoreThe small city of Coca (formally known as Puerto Francisco de Orellana) is located at the confluence of the mighty Rio Napo and the Coca River, earning it the distinction of being the “gateway to Ecuador’s Amazon…
Read MoreIn the remote depths of the Ecuadorian Amazon, far from the reach of cell signals or busy highways, are the fascinating and friendly Kichwa indigenous communities that have conserved their customs…
Read MoreThe Napo River is the source of all life in the Ecuadorian Amazon. With origins on the eastern slopes of the central Andes, the Napo River ultimately drains…
Read MorePerhaps more mysterious even than outer space is the unfolding world of the rainforest canopy. Over a hundred feet in the air, the rainforest canopy is where scientists estimate 60-90 percent of the life…
Read MoreThis week we had more observations of the lonely pygmy marmoset of the kapoc tower. He lives and feed on a Spondias tree, known in Spanish as ovo. This is one of the preferred exudate sources for pygmy…
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